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WHAT  BRICK  SCHOOL  IS  DOING 


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From   the  Enfield  Progress,   May    \bth. 

The  first  day  of  August  1895  I  came  to  what  was  called  the 
"Estes'  Farm"  to  begin  the  work  of  organizing  the  Brick  School. 
We  shall  soon  be  twenty-four  years  old.  Mrs.  Julia  E.  Brewster 
Brick,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  gave  us  the  farm  and  five  thousand 
dollars  as  a  starter.  We  stocked  the  farm  with  hogs,  mules,  cows 
and  began  building  houses  of  all  sorts  so  that  now  we  have  one 
of  the  best  industrial   institutions  of  North  Carolina. 

Mrs.  Brick's  munificence  has  been  our  saving  grace  during 
all  of  these  years  of  stress  and  strain  in  the  financial  world.  For 
the  most   part  it  has  enabeled  us  to  meet  the  salary  of  our  teachers. 

We  began  with  the  modest  number  of  five  teachers  and  of- 
ficers. We  register  now  about  twenty-five  teachers  and  officers. 
We  began  school  the  first  of  October  that  year  and  had  only  one 
student  the  first  day.  We  shall  report  a  total  enrollment  of  stu- 
dents this  year  of  350.  We  have  had  in  former  years  nearly  400 
students. 

It  is  the  purpose  of  this  institution  to  teach  the  students 
who  come  to  us  the  important  lessons  of  how  to  extract  from  the 
soil  the  largest  and  best  products  which  the  community  needs  tor 
its  consumption.  We  are  not  running  an  experiment  station  be- 
cause we  do  not  have  the  sort  of  help  and  the  amount  of  money 
that  such  a  station  would  need.  We  know  how  it  should  be  done. 
We  have  the  ideals.  We  are  teaching  the  lessons  to  country  boys 
and  city  boys  who  come  to  us  from  every  part  of  the  State.  They 
do  not  all  get  their  lessons  of  course.  Very  many  leave  after  get- 
ting here  because  they  are  not  willing  to  go  through  the  strenousness 
of  the  daily  drill  which  it  takes  to  make  efficiency.  We  have 
hoped  that  this  sort  of  work  would  especially  appeal  to  the  sons 
of  farmers  who  own  farms  of  their  own  or  who"  farm  on  their 
own  account.  The  number  who  come  from  the  farms  with  the 
purpose  of  caking  the  course  and  who  expect  to  go  back  to  the 
farms  is  altogether  too  few. 

Many  of  our  people  labor  under  the  mistaken  idea  that 
they  need  education  only  to  make  money.  Many  of  them  are 
making  lots  of  money  ana  accumulating  farms  and  homes  without 
education  and  so  they  argue  now  that  they  do  not  need  education. 
The  national  government  and  state  are  emphasizing  more  than 
ever  the  importance  of  the  sort  of  education  that  will  make  the 
best  men.  What  the  state  is  doing  in  way  of  stimulating  the  farmers 
to  grow  better  products  and  to  do  it  more  intelligently,  the  Brick 
School   has  done  all   these  years. 

We  have  not  only  tried  to  stimulate  the  farmer,  but  we  have 
tried  to  make  more  intelligent  housewives.  Our  kitchen,  dining 
room,  laundry,  etc.,  are  open  for  the  training  of  our  girls  who  want 
to  perfect  themselves  in  all  household  arts.  Very  many  girls  who 
have  come,  willing  to  stay  long  enough  and  to  do  all  the  drudgery 
which  goes  with  the  work,  have  gone  from  us  real  artists  in  their 
line.  Our  only  grievance  is  that  we  do  not  have  all  who  ought  to 
come,  and  those  who  come,  the  great  bulk  are  not  willing  to  stay 
long  enough  to  get  it.  They  want  short  cuts  The  only  way  to 
become    an    artist    in    the    culinary    line    is    to    be    willing    to    spend 


many  days,  and  years  too,  over  the  hot  stove  and  too  often  in  a 
sweltering  hot  room.  To  become  a  real  artist  one  must  do  the  real 
thing.  Coming  as  many  of  our  young  people  do  from  homes  where 
everything  is  'easy-go-lucky,"  they  are  not  willing  to  do  the  strenuous 
tasks    that   bring  efficiency. 

Our  girls  are  also  taught  the  use  of  the  needle.  I  do  not 
know  of  anything  that  is  of  more  importance  than  that  our  young 
people  should  be  dexterous  with  the  needle  in  making  their  own 
clothes  or  the  clothes  of  others.  .   , 

The  school  conducts  a  shop  in  which  manual  training  is 
taught.  Every  boy  is  given  a  chance  to  become  proficient  with  the 
handling  of  tools.  Those  who  stick  to  it  and  stay  in  school  long 
enough  have  no  trouble  in  getting  all  the  work  they  can  do.  The 
demand  in  this  line  for  workers  has  never  been  supplied.  I  have 
just  received  a  letter  from  one  of  our  boys  who  writes  tint  he  is 
receiving  forty  dollars  a  week  at  the  shipyards.  We  have  many  other 
who  are  doing   the  same. 

We  have  a  six-year  high  school  course  beginning  \yith  the 
seventh  grade.  Those  who  finish  this  course  have  no  trouble  in  enter- 
ing the  first  vear  of  any  of  our  leading  colleges.  They  become  the 
best  teachers  in  the  community  and  we  simp'y  cannot  furnish  all  the 
teachers  we  are  asked  to  furnish  Not  a  week  passes  but  that  I  am 
solicited  by  those  in  public  school  authority  to  send  teachers  to  take 
responsible  places.  The  academic  side  must  be  emphasied  very  much 
because  no  efficiency  of  the  hand  can  be  had  without  a  lot  of  brain 
power.  To  try  to  train  the  hand  without  the  head  is  just  putting 
the   cart   before    the   horse. 

Along  with  the  training  of  the  head  and  the  hand  we  place 
verv  much  emphasis  on  the  training  of  the  heart  and  the  develop- 
ment of  Christian  character.  Those  who  will  not  measure  up  in  these 
matters  when  they  have  been  given  every  incentive  to  do  so  are  not 
kept    in    the    institution. 

The  great  world  war  which  we  have  had  demonstrates  more 
than  anything  else  could  possibly  do  the  results  of  any  sort  of  one- 
sided education.  Our  enemies  went  to  seed  in  the  industrial  arts, 
their  religion  was  a   misnomer  adsolutely  without   practice. 

We  are  training  for  citizenship.  Whatever  be  our  education, 
whether  of  the  head  or  hand,  if  our  Christian  character  has  been 
neglected  we  shall  always  be  a  misfit  in  any  community.  We  must 
learn  to  respect  the  rights  of  other  people  whatever  their  station  in 
life.  This  doctrine  must  be  preached  from  the  pulpits  to  all  the  peo- 
ple, especially  to  the  youth.  It  must  be  taught  by  every  school 
teacher.  The  neglect  of  it  is  the  best  invitation  that  Bolshevism  and 
the  devil  can  have. 

We  are  teaching  in  the  Brick  School  that  one's  attitude  to- 
ward people  and  things  determine  his  success  in  life.  It  is  of  the  ut- 
most importance  that  we  get  this  viewpoint.  Mistaken  policies  have 
taught  the  world  an  awful  lesson.  The  people  must  be  eduurated 
and  trained  in  all  the  civilities  of  life  so  as  to  fit  compatibly  into 
the  social  and  industrial   fabric  of  their  community. 

T.    S.    INBORDEN. 


This  folder  is  an  illustrated  review  of  twenty-five  years  history  of  this  school, 
institution.  They  are  located  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  named  here:  (1)  / 
their  secretary.  (2)  Brick  School  Band.  (3)  Three  hundred  students  in  line.  I 
of  farmers  numbering  from  three  to  six  hundred  men  and  women.     (5)  Every    student 


The  illustrations  show  the  many  activities  of  tht 
n  educational  Conference  ol  A.  M.  A.  Workers  with 
V  Farmers'  Day  representing  an  annual  visitation 
has    his    garden.     (6)  Farm    activities.     (7)  ,Y.    hi. 


C.    A.    Cabinet.     (8)    Athletics.     (9)    Represents 
This  represents   about   srvnty   of   our   boys   who 


fourteen    teachers'   and    tenant     cottages, 
nt    to   the   front.     Read  the  picture  and  "I 


(10)   A 
will  tell 


drive     through     the 
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SUMMARY 

1919-20 

HIGH  school                                        Male  Female  Total 

Twelfth  Grade 13  4 

Eleventh     " 2           4  6, 

Tenth          "      0           5  5i 

Ninth          "     6           9  15|: 

Eighth         "      8          16  24 

Seventh      "     11         19  30   ! 


28 


56 


84 


elementary  SCHOOL                           Male  Female  Total 

Sixth  Grade 16  29  45 

Fifth      "       12  33  45 

Fourth  "       31  33  64 

Third     "       12  6  18 

Second"       17  13  30 

First      "       14  18  32 

Primary"       9  12  21 

111  144  255 

NIGHT  SCHOOL 7  16  23 

MUSIC  DEPARTMENT 4  35  39 

Total 11  51  62 

I 

Counted  Twice 4  29  33 

Total  Attendance 131  231  362' 

Number  of  Boarders 69  120  189 

CLASSIFICATION 


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THE 

JOSEPH  KEASBY  BRICK 

AGRICULTURAL, 

INDUSTRIAL  AND 

NORMAL  SCHOOL 

BRICKS     -     NORTH  CAROLINA 


This  Folder  is  an  Illustrated 
Review  of  Twenty-Five  Years 
History  of  This  School.  :  :  : 


COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION 

High  School,  Elementary,   Primary, 

Music,  Agriculture,    Work  in 

Iron,   Wood,    Mechanical 

Drawing 


TEACHERS  AND  OFFICERS 


IT.  S.  Inborden,  M,A.,  Fisk,    Principal,    Bricks,  North 

Carolina. 

W.  Doyle  Miller,  A.B..  Talladega,    Treasurer,  Bricks, 
I  North  Carolina. 

Miss  Elizabeth  R,  S.  Porter,  Boston,  Mass.  Girls'  High, 

268  W.  141st  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Miss  Lucile  McLendon,  Atlanta  Uni.,  100  Chestnut  St. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 
Wolsey  D.  Gay,  A.B.,    Talladega,    220  College  Street. 

Eastman,  Ga. 
Miss  M.  J.  Gale,  Fisk,  2314  York  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Mrs.  S.  J.  E.    Inborden,    B.L.,    Obelin,    Bricks,  North 

Carolina. 
Miss  Anna  E,  Brown,    Pd.B.,    Howard  Uni.,  84  Clen- 

denny  Ave.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Miss  Anna  Mae  Caine,  A.B.,  Howard  Uni.,   12  Lorder. 

St.,  Hornell,  N.  Y. 
Miss  Louise  V.  Arrington,  Brick,  Bricks,  North  Carolina.- 
Miss  Olivia  N    Payton,  Atlanta  Uni.,  Tarboro,  North 

Carolina. 
Miss  Hattie  Mae  Dickey,  Allen  Nor.,  Bechton,  Ga. 
Theron  N.  Williams,   Hampton,   246  Chapman  Street, 

Salem,  Va. 
Frank  E.  Roan,    Hampton,    87    Washington   Thrace, 

Walnut  Hills,  Ohio. 
H.  G.  Forney,  A.  &T.  College,  Bricks,  North  Carolina. 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Walker,  Atlanta  Uni.,  6557  Rhodes  Ave.* 

Chicago,  111. 
Mrs.  D.  V.  I.  Miller,  A.B.,  Fisk,  Bricks,  North  Carolina. 
Miss  Mary  V.  Little,  Talladega,  Demopolis,  Alabama. 
Miss  Sarah  H.  Edwards,  A.B.,  Obelin,  Box  214  Lonox, 

Mass. 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Davis,  Obelin,  225  E.  Loraine  Street,  Obelin, 

Ohio. 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Ole,   Denver    High,    2535    Marion     tr    ct, 

Denver,  Col. 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Forney,  Fisk,  Postmistress,   Bricks,  NortSj 

Carolina. 


BELLS!  BELLS!!  BELLS!!! 

5  A.  M.  Rising  Bell  7  A.  M. Teacher's  Breakfast 

6  A.M. Student's  Breakfast  8  A.  M.  Chapel  Service 

RECITATION   PERIODS 

1.45-2.30  Seventh  Period' 


8.30-  9.15  First  Period 
9.15-10.00  Second  Period 
10.00-10.45  Third  Period 
10.45-11.30  Fourth  Period 
11.30-12.00  Fifth  Period 
12.00-  1.00  Dinner 
1.00-  1.45  Sixth  Period 


2.30-3.00  Eighth  Period 
3.30-5.30  Work  Period 
6.00  P.M.  Supper 
7.00-9.00  Night  School  and 

Study 
9.30  Lights  out  and  to  bed. 


Industrial  Classes  Double  Periods. 


FOR  USE  ONLY  IN 
THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  COLLECTION 


Form  No.  A-368,  Rev.  8/95 


